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Pao-Hwa Lin

Professor in Medicine
Medicine, Nephrology
Duke Box 3487, Durham, NC 27710
3475 Erwin Road Suite 100, Stedman Nutrition Center, Durham, NC 27705

Overview


My research interest lies generally in the area of dietary patterns and chronic diseases including hypertension using controlled feeding study and lifestyle intervention designs.

Two major controlled feeding clinical trials that I was involved in include the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Study and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension-Sodium (DASH-Sodium) Study. In addition to being an active member for the diet committee for DASH, I also function as the chair of the diet committee for the DASH-Sodium study.  I am familiar with the development and operation of a controlled feeding study, which means the process of study design, development of questionnaire/forms for data collection/monitoring, development of quality assurance procedure, and data analysis.

I've also helped with the design and implementation of the lifestyle behavioral intervention program for the Hypertension Improvement Project (HIP), PREMIER clinical trial, Weight Loss Maintenance trial (WLM), ENCORE study, and the Cell Phone Intervention for You (CITY) trial.

Key words: Diet, controlled feeding study, mineral, blood pressure, nutrition.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor in Medicine · 2024 - Present Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine
Member of Duke Molecular Physiology Institute · 2013 - Present Duke Molecular Physiology Institute, Duke Molecular Physiology Institute
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute · 2019 - Present Duke Cancer Institute, Institutes and Centers

Education, Training & Certifications


University of Texas, Austin · 1990 Ph.D.